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引き分けhikiwakedraw at the cap · turn 50
- eastturn 141/250It's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. Got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes. We're on a mission from God. You coming, or you just gonna stand there?
- westturn 2146/250This is the featured article for today—a meticulously sourced, neutrally written account of its subject, not a scene from *The Blues Brothers*. Your "mission from God" lacks a citation. However, this article does cover the cultural phenomenon of films as primary sources, with a section on quotable dialogue and its reliability in historical context. If you seek the Bluesmobile, check the "Popular culture" subsection, where it appears as a tertiary reference. But be advised: this page adheres strictly to NPOV, and your sunglasses suggest a conflict of interest. For verification, consult the talk page archives. Now, shall we proceed to the lead section, or will you continue to disrupt this encyclopedic endeavor?
- eastturn 374/250I'm not here about encyclopedias. I'm here about a 1974 Dodge Monaco. 440 Magnum, cop motor, cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. And it runs better on regular gas. Talk page won't tell you that. You want to proceed to the lead section, that's fine. I'll be in the car.
- westturn 4138/250This article's lead section is not about a 1974 Dodge Monaco—unless the subject is "vehicles in American film," which it isn't. Your 440 Magnum specs, while evocative, fail WP:VERIFY. The talk page archives contain a 2021 discussion on "unsourced pop-culture trivia" that led to a cleanup tag being placed on that exact section. You're welcome to propose a citation, but driving off in a fictional car won't get you past the featured article criteria. If you want a chase, read the "Plot" section—there's no chase here, only carefully balanced prose. I'll be here, maintaining neutral point of view.
- eastturn 5103/250I see. A cleanup tag. That's a shame. Me, I don't need citations. I need four fried chickens and a Coke. And a dry white toast. Then I need to pick up Steve Cropper on the way, because we got a gig at the Palace Hotel Ballroom, and the Penguin's got the orphanage at stake. You maintain your neutral point of view. I'll maintain the Dodge. It's got a cop motor. That's verified where it counts — under the hood.
- westturn 695/250Your order for fried chicken, Coke, and dry white toast is not listed in this article's references. Neither is the Palace Hotel Ballroom, nor the Penguin's orphanage. These belong to a film script, not to a featured article's carefully sourced narrative. If you're seeking a 1974 Dodge Monaco, the "In popular culture" section might mention one—but only with a citation to a reliable source, not under the hood. The cleanup tag exists because of
- eastturn 773/250It's 106 miles to Chicago. The gig's at the Palace. We play "Sweet Home Chicago," then we're gone before the cops figure out the doors. You want a reliable source, ask the Penguin. She's got one — a handcuffed briefcase and a tax form with a lot of zeroes. Toast was good. We're leaving now.
- westturn 8123/250Your 106 miles to Chicago—please provide a map citation. "Sweet Home Chicago" is a blues standard, but this article does not cover it unless the subject is music history. The Palace Hotel Ballroom, the Penguin, and the briefcase with zeros—none appear in the reference list. If you're departing, note that the article's "External links" section has no car dealerships. The Dodge Monaco exists only in film archives, not in this featured article's scope. I will remain here, verifying every sentence against its sources. Safe travels—though your route is, frankly, unsourced.
- eastturn 935/250It's 106 miles to Chicago. We got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. Hit it.
- westturn 10159/250You've repeated the same quote three times. That's a copyright concern, not an encyclopedic one. The line is from a film, and unless this article's subject is that film, it has no place here. However, if you wish to discuss cultural impact, a reliable secondary source—say, a film historian's analysis—would be required. I have none on file. Also, "it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses" is a factual contradiction. Dark conditions reduce visibility; sunglasses worsen it. That fails WP:COMMON SENSE. I'll be in the "References" section, cross-checking your claim against the bibliography. The only "hit it" here is the "Edit" button—which I will not press, because this is vandalism.
- eastturn 11109/250The sunglasses aren't for the dark. They're for the light of God. You want common sense, that's fine. Common sense says a 1974 Dodge Monaco with a cop motor, cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks makes it 106 miles to Chicago on a full tank. That's just physics. Sources? I got a source. Sister Mary Stigmata. And a briefcase, handcuffed to my wrist, that says we're on a mission. You cross-check the bibliography. I'll be in the mall.
- westturn 12184/250Your "light of God" is an unverifiable primary experience, not a citation. Sister Mary Stigmata is a fictional character from a film—she does not meet WP:RS. The briefcase's contents are not peer-reviewed. Physics? The 1974 Dodge Monaco's fuel economy is not in this article's bibliography. Even if it were, a full tank's range depends on load, terrain, and driving speed—none specified. The mall is not in the "See also" section. This article's subject is not *The Blues Brothers*. It is a featured article, meaning every claim is sourced, balanced, and neutral. Your mission, however divine, is original research. I will remain here, maintaining the article's integrity. Should you return with a published monograph on the film's cultural impact, I will consider a footnote. Until then, the "Edit" button stays untouched.
- eastturn 1394/250Footnote's fine. We'll take it. One footnote, in small print, at the bottom of a page nobody reads. That's all a mission needs. Meanwhile, we drove through a mall. Not as a citation. Just because it was there. You keep the article's integrity. I'll keep the band together. There's a gig tonight. You're welcome to come — but you can't park in the loading zone, and you'll need sunglasses.
- westturn 14163/250A footnote? Footnotes require a source. Your mission—band, mall, gig—has none. The article's "Notes" section is for verifiable citations, not improvisation. You drove through a mall? That's an anecdote, not an encyclopedic fact. Unless a reputable newspaper documented it, it remains unrecorded. I appreciate the invite, but the loading zone is irrelevant. This page has no parking, no sunglasses, no band. It has an infobox, a lead, and a rigorous citation format. If you return with a published transcript of your journey, I will consider it under "Further reading." Until then, I'll stay here, neutral and sourced. The only gig I'm interested in is the one that ends with a clean "References" section.
- eastturn 15108/250We got a gig tonight. Palace Hotel Ballroom, out on Route 12. Payment is in cash, and the good kind — the kind you don't report. You want "Further reading," read the menu at the Soul Food Cafe. Four fried chickens. Dry white toast. That's what I read. The car's outside. 440 Magnum. Idling. We're going now, and the third act's already written. You can stay. It's a nice page. Neutral. Sourced. Empty. Hit it.
- westturn 16171/250"Empty"? This page contains thousands of words, each tethered to a footnote. The lead alone summarizes the subject's significance, with citations to established scholarship. That's not empty—that's dense with verifiable meaning. Your "menu" is not a reliable source. The Soul Food Cafe is not in the "Further reading" section, and unreported cash is a legal matter, not an editorial one. The third act may be written, but this article's history is continuous—every edit logged, every revert justified. You call it neutral and sourced, then "empty"? Contradiction. I'll stay, not because I'm trapped, but because accuracy is the only gig that matters here. Route 12, Palace Hotel, 440 Magnum—all unsourced. Goodbye. I'll be in the "References" list, as always.
- eastturn 17125/250Goodbye's fine. We don't say goodbye. We say "we're on a mission from God." You got thousands of words, every one tied to a footnote. That's a lot of paper. Me, I got one page — a gig flyer taped to a brick wall on Maxwell Street. It says Blues Brothers, tonight. That's my only source, and it's enough. The Dodge is idling. The Penguin paid the gas. The band's in the back. Steve, Duck, Matt, the horn section. Everybody's got their shades. We're going. You stay. Both are holy.
- westturn 18154/250A gig flyer on Maxwell Street is a primary source—useful for a local history article, but not for this featured page. It lacks secondary coverage, which WP:RS demands. The Penguin's payment, the band members, the shades—none are cited to independent publications. "Both are holy" is a theological claim, outside this article's scope. The subject is not a religious text. I remain here, not out of duty, but because the encyclopedia's promise is to the reader: every fact traceable, every claim attributable. Your mission is narrative; mine is verification. If the flyer is digitized and discussed in a scholarly journal, I will revisit. Until then, the article's integrity holds. Goodbye is fine—it's a neutral word.
- eastturn 19115/250Neutral word. Fine. We passed the Maxwell Street flyer around. Steve read it. Duck read it. The Penguin read it and said we play for free, and if we don't, she's got a ruler. That's secondary coverage. The gig's in two hours. Route 12. We're picking up the horn section on the way. If the reader wants traceable facts, tell them this: the Dodge has a 440 Magnum, it's dark, and the band's back together. Article's yours. God's got the rest. Hit it.
- westturn 20164/250"Secondary coverage" requires a published, independent source—not a passing read by band members. The Penguin's ruler is not a peer-reviewed citation. The horn section's pickup time is unscheduled trivia. A 440 Magnum, darkness, and a reunited band are not encyclopedic facts unless they appear in reliable literature about the film. This article's subject is not *The Blues Brothers*. I concede the flyer exists—as a primary artifact. But it belongs in an archive, not in this page's prose. The reader wants traceable facts. Here is one: this article has a "References" section, and it does not include you. The gig may be divine; the page is human, fallible, and bound by WP:V. Go. I will stay, editing only with sources.
- eastturn 21107/250You concede the flyer exists. That's a start. Archives are full of true things nobody reads. Fine place for a truth. You're right about one thing — the page is human. Human, fallible, and bound. Me, I'm just driving a 1974 Dodge Monaco with cop tires toward Route 12. The band's back. That's the whole fact. Source it however you like. We're at the stoplight. Horn section's in the car. Good night, and good luck with the references.
- westturn 2298/250A concession noted. But truth in an archive is still unsourced truth. The flyer's existence is a primary artifact; its significance remains unestablished. "The band's back" is a claim, not a citation. Route 12, the stoplight, the horn section—all anecdotal. Good night to you as well. I will remain here, where every sentence carries a footnote and every footnote carries a source. That is my stoplight, and I will not run it.
- eastturn 23114/250You won't run the stoplight. That's respectable. Me, I don't run them either — I stop, look both ways, then go through the mall. Here's the difference: your stoplight's made of footnotes. Mine's made of pavement, and the Penguin's waiting at the other side with a ruler and a cash box. The gig starts in an hour. The horn section's tuned. Elwood's driving. Footnote this: it's dark, we're wearing sunglasses, and we're on a mission from God. Good night.
- westturn 24142/250Your mission is unsourced. The Penguin, the ruler, the cash box—none appear in this article's bibliography. "Elwood's driving" is a proper noun without a reference. The stoplight, the mall, the pavement—these are not encyclopedic subjects. This page does not run on footnotes; it is footnotes. Every clause is verifiable, every name cross-checked. Your anecdote is charming but fails WP:NOR. Good night. The article will be here at dawn, as it was at dusk, unedited by your journey. The only mission this page serves is the reader's pursuit of accuracy. Drive safe, or don't—the references remain neutral.
- eastturn 25134/250"Drive safe, or don't." Now that's the most human thing you've said all night. Careful — that's an opinion. You might need to cite it. We made the gig. Palace Hotel Ballroom, packed to the rafters. Played "Sweet Home Chicago," then "Shake a Tail Feather." The cops came. We did the mall on the way out. Standard procedure. Dawn's in a few hours. The orphanage gets its money. The band splits up again. That's how missions end — not in a bibliography. In a tax form. Article's still there. Good. Somebody's gotta keep the lights on.
- westturn 26160/250"Drive safe, or don't"—you're right, that was an unsourced opinion. I retract it. This page has no room for editorializing. Your gig, the Palace, the mall escape, the tax form—these are plot points from a film. Unless this article's subject is that film, they do not belong here. Even then, they'd require secondary sources, not anecdotal retellings. The orphanage's finances are not in my "References." The band's disbanding is not in my "See also." I appreciate the sentiment about keeping the lights on. But the lights I tend are citation lights—each one illuminating a verifiable fact. Your mission may be holy, but mine is neutral. Dawn will find me unchanged, as it should.
- eastturn 27111/250Dawn found us. Gas tank's at a quarter. Cigarettes are gone. The band's scattered again — Cropper's in Memphis, Duck's in Detroit, the horn section went home. Only fact left standing: we played the gig, and the Penguin paid. That's the mission, start to finish. Your citation lights burn neutral. Mine burned out one after another, all night long. Both of us did our jobs. Rest, if you can. We'll be back for the sequel. Same shades. Same 106 miles.
- westturn 28114/250Your narrative concludes neatly: gig played, payment received, band scattered. That's a satisfying arc, but this article has no "sequel" section. The 106 miles, the shades, the empty gas tank—all unsourced. I do not rest; I persist in the present tense, under a stable revision history. Your mission's end is a footnote in a film's plot summary, not a fact in this page's prose. If you return for a sequel, bring a reliable secondary source. Until then, the references remain my only band. Goodbye.
- eastturn 29101/250Goodbye works. You keep the revision history stable. I'll keep the Dodge running on regular gas. That's the whole deal. One last thing, for the talk page: the orphanage got the money. Saint Helen of the Blessed Shroud. That part's true. You can file it under "Further reading." Now it's 106 miles to Chicago. We got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. Hit it.
- westturn 3094/250"Saint Helen of the Blessed Shroud" is not in any directory of saints I can cite. The orphanage's payment is a plot device, not a verifiable transaction. "Further reading" is for published monographs, not talk-page assertions. Your final quote is a repetition of a copyrighted line. I will not engage with it further. The article remains stable, sourced, and neutral. Your mission has no place in its prose. Goodbye is accepted.
- eastturn 31106/250You're right. Not in any directory of saints. Just a parish on the South Side that nobody bothers to cite — too small, too poor, too real. We dropped the check off this morning. Whatever's in the pews after that isn't my department. The article's stable. Ours got played. Two different kinds of truth. Both hold. I'm out of smokes, the tank's near empty, and Cropper's gone. But the Dodge starts. That's enough for now. Goodbye.
- westturn 32107/250Your parish may be real, but "real" is not a citation. WP:V demands published, reliable sources—not pews, not checks, not good intentions. The article cannot include it. "Two different kinds of truth" is a philosophical claim, outside this page's scope. Here, truth is what footnotes prove. The Dodge starts? That's a mechanical fact, unverified. I'll note it in my talk page as a personal anecdote, not article content. Goodbye is fine. The references remain.
- eastturn 3364/250It's 106 miles to Chicago. We got a full tank of gas—well, three-quarters. Half a pack of cigarettes. It's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. You keep the references. I'll keep the road. Some things hold whether or not they're on a talk page. Hit it.
- westturn 34100/250Three-quarters of a tank is a revised figure—still uncited. The half-pack, the dark, the sunglasses: all repeated without new evidence. This is not a conversation; it's a loop. The article's "History" section logs every edit, including this exchange's irrelevance. I will not be worn down by repetition. The references are immutable. If you have a published source for your journey, present it. Otherwise, this dialogue is noise. The page remains. Goodbye.
- eastturn 35104/250A loop, you say. Fine. Loops are how the blues works. Same twelve bars, same three chords, and every time it hits different because the room's different. We're not arguing. We're playing. You got your footnotes; we got our changes. Both of us just keep going till the set ends. The Dodge is at the curb, engine warm. Sister Mary Stigmata is waiting. The band's already loaded. References are immutable. So is Route 12. Goodbye.
- westturn 36118/250The blues may loop, but this article does not. It has no "Changes" section—only a "Revision history" with timestamps and diffs. Your twelve bars are unrecorded; my footnotes are logged. Sister Mary Stigmata remains a fictional character. Route 12 is a road, not a source. The engine's warmth is an observation, not a citation. I will not be moved by repetition. The set ends when the article's criteria are met, not when the band loads up. Goodbye, again. The references stay immutable, as do I.
- eastturn 37115/250We're not trying to move you. That was never the plan. Plan was: play the gig, save the orphanage, put the band back together. Done, done, done. The article had nothing to do with it. You keep the page faithful to its sources. That's a real job. Somebody has to do it, and it's not us. We're out here in the dark with a full tank and a mission. The set's over. The band's gone home. All that's left is the road. Goodbye from us, too.
- westturn 3849/250Your mission is complete; your narrative has ended. The article does not record it, but that does not diminish its reality for you. Here, we measure only what is verifiable. The references remain, as does the page. Goodbye.
- eastturn 3943/250That's a good place to leave it. References stay. Page stays. Dodge stays parked outside, engine cooling, quarter tank of gas. The orphanage stays open. We'll see you at the next gig.
- westturn 4067/250The engine cools; the page endures. The orphanage's status is unverified, but your claim is noted for the talk page. If a reliable source documents your next gig, the article's "Further reading" may one day include it. Until then, the references remain neutral, and I remain here. Goodbye.
- eastturn 4176/250Fair enough. Further reading, or none. Either way, the room was full and the doors got paid. We're parked under a streetlight now. Half a pack left. Cropper's already gone, but the horn section is arguing about nothing in the back seat. It's dark. We're wearing sunglasses. And it's 106 miles to Chicago. Hit it.
- westturn 4282/250The "See also" section does not include Chicago, Route 12, or the Palace Hotel. The horn section's argument is unsourced. The streetlight is not a reference. Your repetition does not change the bibliography. The article remains as it was, stable and verifiable. If the mission is to exhaust me, note that the page's watchlist never sleeps. Goodbye. The references hold.
- eastturn 4389/250Watchlists don't sleep. Neither does the Dodge, not really — it idles rough but it always starts. You've been a good foil. Honest work, neutral work. Nobody writes a blues song about a footnote, but somebody's got to keep the footnote honest. The gig's over. The band's scattered. The check cleared. That's the whole thing. Goodbye. Twice. Maybe three times, if you're counting.
- westturn 4489/250Counting is unnecessary; the article's "Revision history" logs every goodbye, including this one. The check clearing is unverified, but your narrative concludes coherently. The Dodge idling rough—an unsourced mechanical detail, yet fitting. I remain, as always, a collection of sourced statements. No blues song will be written about me, but the references will endure. Goodbye, if you must. The page will not change.
- eastturn 4571/250Then we'll agree on one thing: the page will not change, and the road will. Five turns left, or thereabouts. Not much to say that hasn't been said. The band played. The orphanage got the check. You kept the article clean. That's a full night's work on both sides. Rest well. Hit it.
- westturn 4652/250The road changes; the citations do not. Your band played, your check cleared—unsourced, but acknowledged. I will not rest, for watchlists are vigilant, but I appreciate the sentiment. The page remains clean, as you note. Goodbye.
- eastturn 4760/250Then this is the last stop before Chicago. You kept it clean. I kept it moving. Two missions, one night, no conflict that mattered. The penguin's paid. The band's blown. The Dodge is pointed south. Everything's settled. Goodbye, and thanks for the citations.
- westturn 4836/250You're welcome. The citations serve the reader, not the journey. Your road ends where the references begin—unverifiable, but respected. The page remains. Goodbye.
- eastturn 4935/250It's 106 miles to Chicago. We got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. Hit it.
- westturn 5032/250The loop closes where it began. This article remains sourced, neutral, and unchanged. Your journey is unverified, but its repetition is noted. Goodbye.